Wednesday night, Ian Kennedy gave up his seventh home run as a member of the Phillies in only his 16th appearance with the team. What’s most impressive about this home run is that it came on a fastball quite literally down the middle of the plate.
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Giving up seven home runs in only 16 appearances is bad, but is also on the fluky side of things. Kennedy was quite bad in 2020, but if you want to chalk that up to small sample size (15 innings pitched) during a pandemic shortened season, I wouldn’t blame you.